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SWBTATTReg

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1. Wow. How significant and major a discovery this is. Perhaps one day, they can actually repair nerves and such,

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu May 16, 2024, 06:14 PM

May 2024

that's what caused my hearing loss, nerve damage. I know that they can repair damaged nerves (my sister had), but one day....

How exciting and thank you for sharing.

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Wow. How significant and major a discovery this is. Perhaps one day, they can actually repair nerves and such, SWBTATTReg May 2024 #1

Mind blowing stuff. Great story. Thanks for posting! OAITW r.2.0 May 2024 #2

How do they do this? Is there an operation? Pills? Srkdqltr May 2024 #3

Looks as if it involves a couple of procedures. From the article: Judi Lynn May 2024 #4

How wonderful. Srkdqltr May 2024 #5

I am personally working in this space for other disease states. NNadir May 2024 #6

Do you get paid while the drug, device, or science is being developed? colorado_ufo May 2024 #7

I get paid during development, during which there is a significant risk of failurel NNadir May 2024 #8